Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
No man has ever appreciated the gospel until the law has first revealed him to himself. It is only against the inky… — John Stott Copy Share Image
I testify that no one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that He loves each… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Every time you have with your mouth said well of godliness, and yet gone on in wickedness; or every time you have… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The past is discredited because it is not modern. Not to be modern is the great sin. So, perhaps, it is. But… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
You are born supernaturally through faith, by the grace of God, into the kingdom of righteousness; but you are born a little… — Charles Henry Fowler Copy Share Image
If God were to exist for the entire humanity, he would be profoundly vile, as he allows the existence of unfathomable sin,… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom… — Alex Sanchez Copy Share Image
“The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Very harmful effects can follow accepting the philosophy which denies personal guilt or sin and thereby makes everyone nice. By denying sin,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
4. Enter stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn Must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So to confess is to… — Vonette Bright Copy Share Image
“In the irresistible logic of guilt, one evil leads to another, one sin is developed out of another. There is nothing abrupt,… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily submit to… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“Buck Barrow, brother of Clyde Barrow (Bonnie & Clyde) was once asked "Where are you wanted by the law?" Barrow replied, "Wherever… — William Branks Copy Share Image
The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
When virtue is pictured as innocence and innocence equated with childlikeness, the implication is obviously that knowledge and experience are no longer… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Some go to Church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went: One way they look, another… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Are you grown an atheist? Will you turn your body, Which is the goodly palace of the soul, To the soul's slaughter-house?… — John Webster Copy Share Image
Fasting with a pure heart and motives, I have discovered, brings personal revival and adds power to our prayers. Personal revival occurs… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and… — William Whately Copy Share Image
“The authority of the Church was thrown over by the authority of the state. Twenty years only have passed, and the authority… — Lucy Beckett Copy Share Image
My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“They want to kill your power to dream, to want happiness. But you can’t let that stop you. You can’t let them… — Ellie Fox Copy Share Image
Tantra says be real, be authentic to yourself. Your happiness is not bad; it is good. It is not sin! Only sadness… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its trust, not in the living God but in dying men. The unbeliever denies… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image